3.
Learning Analytics
“The measurement, collection, analysis
and reporting of data about learners and
their contexts, for purposes of
understanding and optimizing learning and
the environments in which it occurs.”
SoLAR
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10.
Problems
Collected from literature, experts and experiments
• Teacher
– … overwhelmed with questions
– … not efficiently answering them
– … not aware of students learning situation
• Students
– … monitor teacher to get their questions answered
– … not meeting the objectives of the session
photo: vickicaruana.blogspot.com.es/2011/01/are-you-afraid-to-raise-your-hand.html
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11.
Requirements
• Personalized monitoring
• Teacher awareness to
decide interventions
• Improve teacher efficiency
• Make students confident
that will be helped so they
make well use of the
session time
• Formative assessment
• Storage of learning traces
for summative assessment
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Image source:
http://vizconsult.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/requirements-definition/

26.
Conclusions
• Positive evaluation
& valuable suggestions by
– Students
– Teachers
– TEL experts discussion groups
• Q&A by students expected to
reduce help requests
– Reduce waiting time
– Reduce unresolved doubts
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Collected results validate that classON fulfills the expected
requirements, and thus helps teachers and students to make the
most of the learning sessions with scarce resources.

27.
Future Work
• New metrics
– Students comparison with the mean of the class
• Gamification
– of the activities in the assignment, Q&A
• Application to other contexts
– Project-based learning
– Extension to massive face-to-face environemnts
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